Garment



April 13, 1937. M. R. LE ROY v GARMENT Filed May 7, 1955 0% emon ATTORNEY Patented Apr; 13,1937

' UNITED STATES 'VPATENT OFFICE Myrtle n. Le Roy, Coronado, can, assignor of one-half to Ruth A. McCarson, Coronado, Calif.

Application May 7, 1935, Serial No. 20,265

' 2 Claims. '(Cl. 2-49) This invention relates to garments, and its general object is to'provide a garment capable of performing adual purpose, namely to act as a bib for children and a far more usefulone, in

5 that it is capable of acting-as a restraining device for safely holding and securing a child. in a chair or any suitable place, so that the child cannot fall therefrom, or tumble over, yet the garment causes no discomfort, with the result it will be seen that it not-only prevents injury to a binding 5 which is secured about the edges by 10 the child, as well as has a tendency to strengthen t t hing 01 Other ur g means- I its back, but relieves the anxiety of the nurse or Either the front portion or the rear portion mother and allows her to perform her household may be slit longitudinally from the opening 3 and duties without interference from the child or I have shown a slit 6 in the rear portion, that I 5 the latter requiring attention. v has its edges reinforced by being hemmed or A further object of the invention is to' profinished in any we l ow manner. a I e vide a garment of the character set forth, that shown binding 1 d p e bo t e dges of t e can be easily and expeditiously applied to the op ning g 1 child and secured to a chair or other means, as In order to secure the body about the neck of well as removed therefrom with very, little effort. e child, I y use ribbon the like 8 that is 20 Another object of the invention is to provide trained t g t e binding tWO Pieces Of a garment in the form of a bib and restraining ribbon 8 may be used with one of their ends fixed device that is simple in construction, inexpensive to e nt ng edges of .the bindin In to manufacture and extremely efhcient in use a y e the ribbon the like is tied a and service. as shown. of course, other suitable fastening 25 This invention also consists in certain other F means may be e p y for that P p uch features of construction and in the combination as a button and buttonhele, p fasteners and arrangement of the several parts, to be heret e eans, inafter fully described, illustrated in the accom- I The Sides of e pp a d lower D O are panying drawing and specifically pointed out inpreferably connec d et er by strips 9 th 30 the appended claims. j have their edges fixed to the binding as shown, In describing my invention in detail, reference and these strips hold the portionsacross the will be had to the accompanying drawing wherefront d back O the wearer. l in like characters denote like or corresponding The restraining-feature of my garment lies in parts throughout the several views, and in which: e application of tapes d a p is p 35 Figure 1 is a'perspective view illustrating, the vided for the four corners of the garment to be application of one form of my garment to a child secured thereto preferably by stitching. The seated in a high chair. tapes ID as shown are all the same length, but Figure 2 is a rear perspective view of the garthe tapes for the front portion may be relatively 40 ment per se. r longer than those for the rear portion or vice 40 Figure 3 is a rear view illustrating the applicaversa. In any event, the tapes are designed for tion of a modified form of garment. cooperation with the-body of the garment for se- Figure 4 is a front view of the garment as: curing a child in a high chair or other means' shown in Figure 3. as indicated in Figure 1. The tapes for the front Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be portion in that figure are wrapped around the 45 noted that I have illustrated the garment atfront, legs of'the chair and thence directed reartached to a high chair for holding and securing wardly to be wrappedaround the rear legs, while a child therein but I want it understood that it the tapes for the rear portion of the garment are can'be attached to any means that is capable of wrapped around the rear legs and thence tied supporting the child or attaching the garment with the tapes of the front portion, with'the re- 50 thereto.

In Figures 1 and 2 I have illustrated one form of my garment which includes a body provided with a front portion i and a rear portion 2. The body may be made from asingle piece of material, but in any event is provided with a centrally disposed opening 3 for the passage of the new of the .child, as will beapparent upon inspection of Figure 2. The portions of the body upon opposite sides of the opening 3 maybe termed the shoulder portions of the garment and for distinction are indicated by the reference numeral 4.

The entire edge of the body may be reinforced by any well known means, and Iihave shown sult it will be seen that the garment is capable of holding the child within the chair, with no discomfort yet it is impossible for the child to casually released and the liability of falling is impossible.

In Figures 3 and 4 I'have illustrated a modified, form of garment which includes a body provided with a front portion I I, and the front portion has formed therewith a pair of spaced parallel extensions I! which act as shoulder portions that extend down the back a considerable distance, as shown, whilethe recess l3 between the extensions provides a neck receiving portion. I

The edges of the body'in its entirety-are reinforced by any wellknown means and I have shown a binding for that purpose.

Ialso employfour tapes I in this form of the invention, two of which have one of their ends secured to the lower comers ofthe front portion ll, while the other two have one of the ends secured to the ends of the extensions l2.

The tap'es I! are of course utilized for the purpose oi'the tapes II and inFigure3 Ihave shown the tapes II as being fastened to the legs of a high chair, with a garment disposed upon the child as shown,-and when so worn, the extensions 'lie across the shoulders of the child to project rearwardly for disposal on the back, in converging relation with respect to each other. In this, form, it will be seen that the" tapes II for the extensions ii are disposed in overlapped relation for holding the exten vided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims. a a

What I claim is:

l. A restraining garment for infants consisting hers and including back and front portions and spaced shoulder portions'connecting said back and front portions, 9. bindingstrip secured to the periphery of said material around the sides and endsthereof, four securing tapes each having one end stitched to a respective one of said corners andextending substantially in alignment withthe' side portion of the binding strip, and cross straps each having one end secured to a side portion of the binding strip adjacent one corner of the material and its other end detachablysecured to the same side portion of the binding strip adjacent -a second corner of the material.

2. A restraining garment for infants consisting of a length of flexible material having four corners and including back and front portions and spaced shoulder portions connecting said back and front portions, a binding strip secured to the periphery of said material around the sides and ends thereof, four securing tapes each havin one end stitched to a respective one of said corners, and cross straps each having one end secured to a side portion of the binding strip adjacent one corner of the material and its other end de'tachably secured to the sameside portion of the binding strip adjacent a second corner of the material. 1 1 I MYR'IILE R. LE ROY. 

